[HTML][HTML] PROTAC targeted protein degraders: the past is prologue

M Békés, DR Langley, CM Crews - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2022 - nature.com
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) is an emerging therapeutic modality with the potential to
tackle disease-causing proteins that have historically been highly challenging to target with …

[HTML][HTML] Targeted protein degradation: mechanisms, strategies and application

L Zhao, J Zhao, K Zhong, A Tong, D Jia - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Traditional drug discovery mainly focuses on direct regulation of protein activity. The
development and application of protein activity modulators, particularly inhibitors, has been …

Harnessing natural killer cells for cancer immunotherapy: dispatching the first responders

NA Maskalenko, D Zhigarev… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells have crucial roles in the innate immunosurveillance of cancer and
viral infections. They are 'first responders' that can spontaneously recognize abnormal cells …

RCSB Protein Data Bank: Enabling biomedical research and drug discovery

DS Goodsell, C Zardecki, L Di Costanzo… - Protein …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Analyses of publicly available structural data reveal interesting insights into the impact of the
three‐dimensional (3D) structures of protein targets important for discovery of new drugs …

Role of chronic neuroinflammation in neuroplasticity and cognitive function: A hypothesis

D Lecca, YJ Jung, MT Scerba, I Hwang… - Alzheimer's & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Evaluating the efficacy of 3, 6'‐dithioPomalidomide in 5xFAD Alzheimer's disease
(AD) mice to test the hypothesis that neuroinflammation is directly involved in the …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmacological modulation of ubiquitin-proteasome pathways in oncogenic signaling

A Sharma, H Khan, TG Singh, AK Grewal… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The ubiquitin-proteasome pathway (UPP) is involved in regulating several biological
functions, including cell cycle control, apoptosis, DNA damage response, and apoptosis. It is …

Targeted MDM2 degradation reveals a new vulnerability for p53-inactivated triple-negative breast cancer

CM Adams, R Mitra, Y Xiao, P Michener, J Palazzo… - Cancer discovery, 2023 - AACR
Triple-negative breast cancers (TNBC) frequently inactivate p53, increasing their
aggressiveness and therapy resistance. We identified an unexpected protein vulnerability in …

Molecular mechanisms of thalidomide and its derivatives

T Ito, H Handa - Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B, 2020 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Thalidomide, originally developed as a sedative drug, causes multiple defects due to severe
teratogenicity, but it has been re-purposed for treating multiple myeloma, and derivatives …

IMiD resistance in multiple myeloma: current understanding of the underpinning biology and clinical impact

S Bird, C Pawlyn - Blood, The Journal of the American Society …, 2023 - ashpublications.org
Immunomodulatory agents (IMiDs) are a cornerstone of treatment for patients with multiple
myeloma. IMiDs are used in therapeutic combinations at all stages of disease and are …

Dual inhibitors of histone deacetylases and other cancer-related targets: A pharmacological perspective

Y Gao, H Zhang, F Lirussi, C Garrido, XY Ye… - Biochemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Epigenetic enzymes histone deacetylases (HDACs) are clinically validated anticancer drug
targets which have been studied intensively in the past few decades. Although several drugs …